EARTH 2.0: The Epic Hunt for a New Home 🌍✨

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Get ready for another jam-packed episode of Fun Kids Science Weekly — where we answer your biggest questions, explore the latest discoveries, and travel to the farthest corners of the universe!

This week, we’re looking up at the sky to discover why it’s blue, uncovering a brand-new glowing shark in the deep ocean, and joining a mission to find a planet just like Earth!

In Science in the News, Prince William reveals the five winners of the Earthshot Prize — celebrating the world’s best ideas for protecting our planet. Then, scientists uncover evidence that the first humans may have been inventors, and Dr. Will White from CSIRO introduces us to a dazzling new deep-sea species — a glowing shark that lights up the darkness!

We’ll also be tackling your questions: Marcus wants to know why the sky is blue, and meteorologist Kirsty McCabe has the brilliant explanation.

Plus, Dangerous Dan introduces us to one electrifying creature — the Electric Ray ⚡

And in Battle of the Sciences, astronomer Annelies Mortier takes us on a journey through space in the hunt for another world that could be just like ours.

What do we learn about?
· Why the sky is blue
· The new glowing shark discovered in the deep sea
· The earliest human inventors
· The Electric Ray
· And in Battle of the Sciences... the search for another Earth!

All on this week’s Fun Kids Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	Welcome along, Explorer. It's time for a brand new journey all around the universe. We are
0:07.0	heading past Pluto, having an adventure through Andromeda, and we're going much further in
0:13.9	search of all the smart stuff. It's a brand new Fun Kids Science Weekly. My name's Dan,
0:20.1	this week on the greatest show in the universe.
0:24.5	We're looking up at the sky.
0:26.0	Have you ever done that?
0:26.9	Really searched the sky and you've been wondering, why is it so blue?
0:31.7	Today we'll find out.
0:34.7	And the shorter wavelengths, that's your purples and blues, they get scattered more strongly because they're only little, so they get pushed out the way more.
0:42.0	And that means when you look up at the sky, you'll see more of that blue light because it's been pushed around more everywhere.
0:48.8	Also, we'll discover if food really does taste better when you're hungry and we're blasting deep into the universe
0:56.6	to hunt for another planet just like ours.
1:00.9	Turns out in the universe, there's just all kinds of stuff there. Jupiter-like planets,
1:06.0	really, really close to their star, we name those hot Jupiters. Then we have these lava worlds that I
1:12.6	spoke of. Again, things a little like the earth, but super hot. It's all on the way in a brand new
1:19.1	fun kids science weekly. Let's start with your science in the news.
1:33.1	William, the Prince of Wales, has revealed the five winners of this year's Environmental Earth Shot Prize, saying they're an inspiration that gives everyone courage.
1:39.0	The award ceremony was in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and this Eco Award flew in celebs and pop stars and politicians
1:45.8	from all around the world to see what the winners have done. The victors were given one million
1:51.7	pounds to scale up their idea to help our climate. There were prizes for a team that want to make
1:58.2	clean air zones in Bogota, that's the capital of Colombia,
2:02.3	also for plans to revive our oceans and conserve marine life, and how to make the Lagos
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